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http://allmydeals.in/introduction-futures-and-options/#respondFri, 22 Sep 2017 12:34:38 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=472If you are completely new to the stock markets, then you should read Stock Market for Dummies before proceeding with this article. In this article we will be looking at stock derivatives in detail and understand how one can make money trading derivatives. What is a Derivative? A derivative is a contract between two or […]

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If you are completely new to the stock markets, then you should read Stock Market for Dummies before proceeding with this article. In this article we will be looking at stock derivatives in detail and understand how one can make money trading derivatives.

What is a Derivative?

A derivative is a contract between two or more parties whose value is based on some underlying asset.

The underlying asset can be stocks, commodities, currencies etc. Examples of derivative contracts include, futures, options, credit swaps etc. For the purpose of this article, we will be focusing on futures and options

Need for Derivatives

The legendary investor Warren Buffet describes derivatives as

Financial weapons of mass destruction.

If derivatives are this risky, then why is the derivatives market so huge and growing exponentially by the hour. Some of the reasons we need derivatives is because of

Hedging

One of the primary reasons people use derivatives is to hedge (mitigate) business risks. Let us see hedging in action.

A software company that mainly generates revenue through exports is greatly dependent on a stable currency for profits. If the local currency appreciates against the dollar then this greatly impacts the profitability inversely as major revenues of the company are dollar denominated. Similarly if local currency depreciates heavily, then this means increased profitability for the company.

To avoid profitability fluctuations, the company can use currency futures to hedge against currency risk.

Speculation

Speculation is the polar opposite of hedging. In this case the parties involved have no genuine interest in the underlying security. The speculators only enter derivative contracts in order to make money from them by trying to correctly predict the movement of the underlying.

Remember derivatives is a zero sum game, meaning, somebody has to loose for someone else to win. Consider the example of speculation

Mr X believes that the economic recovery will gather great strength in the coming months and this will create huge demand for CRUDE oil. At the same time, Mr Y believes that the supply glut from Iran will cause CRUDE oil prices to gravitate lower.

Based on their assumptions, X and Y enter a derivative contract, X buys crude oil at 50$ while Y sells it for 50$. If crude oil prices rise then Mr X will make a profit and Mr Y will face a loss, but if the opposite happens then the situation will be reversed.

Reducing Transaction Costs

Transaction costs are a big overhead for traders and investors alike and derivatives help reduce the transaction costs for parties involved. Derivatives are viewed as an insurance mechanism and hence the transaction costs for them are kept low, else nobody would be interested in buying them.

Introduction to Futures and Options

Now that you have a basic idea about what derivatives are, let us look at the two most popular derivatives i.e. futures and options. Both futures and options contracts have the following attributes in common

Buyer

Seller

Price

Expiry

What are Futures?

A Futures contract is a legal agreement between two parties to buy/sell a particular asset at an agreed price on the date specified in the contract.

Futures contracts can be cash settled or may require physical delivery of the asset. All the futures contracts traded on the exchanges are cash settled. Cash settlement takes place on contract expiry.

If one has a bullish view on the underlying asset, he buys the futures contract (Long), hoping to make money when the price of the underlying appreciates. If one has a dim view of the underlying, he sells the futures contract (Short), expecting the prices to decline, thereby earning him a profit.

When somebody enters into a futures contract, he need not pay the full value of the contract, but only need to pay the margin prescribed by the exchanges. As the prices move, the margin may increase or decrease resulting in mark to market profit/loss. If there is a margin shortfall, then the trader needs to replenish the shortfall at the end of trading day.

Futures Contract in Action

Date

Action

Explanation

01-09-2017

Mr X buys a Futures contract for Gold expiring on 28 Sep 2017 at a price of 1100 $

Long position initiated

01-09-2017

Mr Y sells a Futures contract for Gold expiring on 28 Sep 2017 at a price of 1100 $

Short position initiated

11-09-2017

Gold rises to 1300$. Now Mr Y faces 200$ in Mark to Market loss

Mark To Market

28-09-2017

Gold prices settle at 1000$. Mr X has to pay 100$ to Mr Y as the price is lower than his purchase price

Cash Settlement

Futures contract operate on lot sizes, meaning the qty of underlying asset that can be traded per unit is fixed. E.g. A stock BharatFinance (NSE:BharatFin) has a lot size of 1000, this means that every 1 point movement in the contract is equivalent to 1000 Rs profit or loss.

Futures contracts need not be held till expiry. If you are long a certain futures contract and the contract immediately jumps a few points making you a decent profit. You can then sell the futures contract to somebody else and pocket the profit. Futures are liquid contracts and at any given point in time there are enough buyers and seller available.

What are Options?

Option is a contract which gives the buyer (the owner or holder of the option) the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset or instrument at a specific strike price on a specified date, depending on the form of the option.

This means options offer the buyer the prospect of unlimited profits for a limited amount of risk.

A Call option is an option to buy an underlying asset at a specific price on or before a certain date. A Put option is an option to sell an underlying asset at a specific price on or before a certain date.

The underlying asset can be anything like stocks,commodities,interest rates etc.

Basic Options Terminology

Terminology

Explanation

Strike Price

This is the price at which the underlying asset can be brought or sold.

Gold May 1100 Call means that gold can be bought at 1100 $ on May Expiry. Gold May 1100 Put means that gold can be sold at 1100 $ on May Expiry.

1100 is the strike price

ATM / OTM / ITM

ATM (At the money) meaning the strike price is closer to the current price of the underlying asset

OTM (Out of the money) meaning the strike price is far away from the current price of the underlying asset

ITM (In the money) meaning the strike price is less than the current price of the underlying asset in case of CALL option and greater than the current price of the underlying asset in case of PUT option.

Derivatives (Futures and Options) are highly volatile trading instruments and should be used with extreme knowledge of markets and personal risk tolerance, without proper knowledge and dedication could lead one to financial ruin. Though risky in nature, they offer the opportunity to make unlimited profits from the markets.

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http://allmydeals.in/email-marketing-secrets/#commentsSun, 10 Sep 2017 10:10:51 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=440It does not matter if you are large site with thousands of daily visitors or a new blog which is just starting out, email marketing can help you connect with your customers and engage with them at a fraction of a cost as compared to other marketing channels. Before we begin, here are some facts […]

]]>It does not matter if you are large site with thousands of daily visitors or a new blog which is just starting out, email marketing can help you connect with your customers and engage with them at a fraction of a cost as compared to other marketing channels.

Before we begin, here are some facts about e-mail

There are approximately 3 billion people using e-mail now (3 X more than facebook and twitter combined)

205 billion e-mails are exchanged everyday.

Every 1$ spent on email marketing can give you an average return of 40$

Social media marketing, SEO and all is great, but people are more likely to engage with you on email than on social media.

With this being said let us understand what is email marketing, how to do e-mail marketing and the tools available for e-mail marketing.

What is Email Marketing?

Usage of email to engage with prospects or customers can be referred to as email marketing

The emails most of us get in our inboxes with titles like “Limited period offer” or “Deal for you” is an example of email marketing. It is a direct form of marketing aimed towards increased engagement with the customers and bring in repeat business.

In the online world, customers are your real assets and e-mail is your direct line to themClick To Tweet

How to setup a successful email marketing campaign?

A successful email marketing campaign involves studying the audience and defining the message that you want to communicate. Your campaign should provide some value to the reader, else the message will be deleted even before it is read.

Here are my list of steps to set up a successful email marketing campaign

#1 Get a good list building software

When you want to build a kick ass email marketing campaign that will drive insane amounts of traffic to your site and boost conversion rates to stratospheric levels, you need a good email list building software.

Here are some programs that I recommend.

AWeber

GetResponse

FLUTTERMAIL

#2 Build A Large Email List

Search engines and social media can send you a ton of traffic, but you must be wise and turn that traffic into a really huge subscriber list. This will be your go to destination when you want to get your word out.

To build a large email list, it is important that you place your email subscription widget where visitors are most likely to engage with it. A good place would be at the top of the site/blog, in the menu and in the footer.

Give people a good enough incentive in return for signing up for your subscriber list. Giveaways increase subscription engagement rates significantly. The better the giveaway, the higher the number of subscribers you can expect.

#3 Send A Welcome Mail To Subscribers

Almost all of the email marketing softwares today allow you to send a welcome mail to your subscribers. A welcome mail is a good way to build rapport with the visitors and ensure that you don’t come across as somebody who is 100% self promotional jerk.

A good welcome mail format can be similar to the one mentioned below

Hello <Visitor’s Name>

Welcome to our rapidly growing list of subscribers.

We will be sending you regular updates about awesome and easy ways to make money online, right from the comfort of your home. We hope this is a fruitful and a wonderful journey for you.

As promised here is your free e-book.

Regards

<CEO Name>

<Site URL>

**Please add this address to your safe list so that we don’t make it to the spam folder.

It is important that you get your address white listed, otherwise your mails run the risk of being blocked or ending up in the spam folder.

#4 Time Your Emails To Perfection

The whole purpose of sending emails is to have people reading them and hope to get click throughs that drive traffic to your site or generate sales revenue. To ensure you the get the most for your effort, you should send your emails Tue-Thu (8-10 AM local time).

All of the email marketing tools mentioned above, give you the option of scheduling your emails and also provide detail reports on open rates, click throughs etc.

#5 Create An Attention Grabbing Subject

More than 90% of the people look at the subject line of the email and decide if its worth opening. Given this fact, it is important that you invest some thought into designing a catchy subject line for your emails.

A good subject line should

Describe the contents of the e-mail

Pique the readers interest and create a sense of urgency

Provide an incentive for opening

Not be all caps

Email open rates are significantly higher for people who write engaging subject lines.

#6 Personalize The Email

Personalization starts with the email signup form. Ensure that it has all the fields you need to personalize your outgoing mail communication.

It is a good practice to send emails based on user preferences. Doing so will ensure that the reader opens the mail every time he receives one. A good email marketing software will allow you to send personalized mails to targeted audiences such as new customers, repeat customers, males only etc.

Set up automated behavioral mails e.g. Visitors who have not logged in since a long time. Also you can have separate landing pages for different customer segments to push conversion rates higher. A little time spent in personalizing your email marketing campaign can go a long way in getting the results you want.

#7 Analyse Campaign Effectiveness For Future Improvements

All of the email marketing tools mentioned above provide a ton of data related to the efficacy of your campaign. Use the insights to fix any issues so that you can get better results in the future.

Final Word

Email marketing is a crucial component of any site. It is a cheap way to reach a wide audience and deliver targeted messages. However it is important to send a well thought out message so that it does not end up being marked as spam. Email marketing has the highest ROI among various marketing channels when used properly.

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http://allmydeals.in/make-money-with-teespring/#commentsThu, 07 Sep 2017 10:40:43 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=421Do you have a creative streak in you? Do you look at a fabric and say, I could have designed this better? Do you want to make money using only your ideas and zero investment? If the answer to all the above questions is yes, then you should explore Teespring. About Teespring Teespring allows you […]

If the answer to all the above questions is yes, then you should explore Teespring.

About Teespring

Teespring allows you to create customized items and sell them to anybody who might be interested in buying. The way Teespring works is, you create a design for an item (t-shirts, pillows, phone cases etc.), set a sales goal and promote the design to anybody who might be interested. Teespring handles the manufacturing and delivery for you.

Once you reach the sales goal, you get paid the profit that you were promised. Awesome isn’t it?

How to design t-shirts and sell them with Teespring?

The first step is to register with Teespring. Once you are registered, you can start designing your t-shirt.

#1 T-Shirt Design

You can either upload your own design or browse the artwork available with Teespring. Designing is a simple process and depending upon your thoughts can be done in less than 10 minutes.

#2 Sales Price & Goal

You can decide the price of your t-shirt and the number of t-shirts you expect to sell. It is important to have realistic expectations when it comes to setting sales goal, because Teespring will not pay you unless you reach the sales goal. Each campaign runs for a specified duration and if you feel like you may not achieve your goal by the time the campaign ends, you have the option of reducing your goal. This will ensure that you do not come out empty handed.

#3 Get A Name For The Campaign

Now give a nice name for the campaign that will resonate with the design that you are selling. Set a duration for the campaign. The duration can be from 3-21 days.

#4 Promote your product

Anybody who tells you, they achieved their sales goal without advertising is either lying or is a sheer genius. If you expect to achieve your sales goal, you will have to spend some money towards advertising. Facebook ads are the #1 option according to me as you can filter out your audience to the last detail.

Bonus Tips

Consider hiring a graphic designer to ensure your thoughts are beautifully transferred on to the design. Sites like Fiverr and Odesk can be of great help in such cases.

It is easy to market to a niche than to general public. Pick a niche like vegan,fitness enthusiast, college kids etc.

Final Word

Even if you don’t succeed with your first campaign don’t loose heart. One of the guys who made over 100K selling on Teespring had 21 failed attempts before he tasted success. The key is to persevere and become better with each iteration.

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http://allmydeals.in/stock-market-for-dummies/#commentsSun, 03 Sep 2017 04:20:20 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=338Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.” – Peter Lynch. Money makes the world go round. Everyday billions of people around the world flock to the stock markets in the hope of turning a quick fortune and becoming rich overnight. However most […]

Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.” – Peter Lynch.

Money makes the world go round. Everyday billions of people around the world flock to the stock markets in the hope of turning a quick fortune and becoming rich overnight. However most of these people do not do their homework properly.

If you are looking to achieve success in the stock market it is important that you get your basics right.

What is the stock market?

A stock market is where shares of publicly listed companies are traded. People buy shares if they believe that the price will go up and sell shares if they think the price will go down. It is peoples opinion that makes the stock market.

In the stock market when one person buys, the other sells and they both think that they are right.

Why do stock prices go up and down ?

Stocks are priced based on demand and supply. If demand exceeds supply, the prices will go up and if supply outweighs demand then prices will go down. The below graphic will make it clear.

Markets operate on the principle of price discovery. The demand and supply for a given stock at any point in time, determines the price for the stock at that point in time. Demand and supply keep on varying as a result of news and change in opinions. Positive news such as share buyback or appointment of a competent manager can create high demand for a stock, on the other hand reports of insolvency and financial irregularities can cause investors to dump the stock thereby creating heavy supply.

Need for investing in the Stock Market

One thing we all can agree on is that we like to see our money grow

Money cannot grow by itself. In order for money to grow, we need to invest it somewhere. There are various investment options available such as

#1 Saving Accounts and Fixed Deposits

This is the safest investment option available. Here there is no risk of loosing money, but the returns may not be enough to cover the effects of inflation.

#2 Real Estate

This kind of investment is much more complex and involves a lot of legal work and a large cash commitment. The returns can be in the form of rent or value appreciation.

#3 Precious Metals

This is another popular investment option. Gold in India is more than an investment option, it also has sentimental value attached to it. Investment in gold and silver has yielded CAGR returns of 8-9% historically.

#4 Equities

Equities trump all investment options mentioned here, they deliver 15% returns CAGR which more than cover the cost of inflation. You can start equity investments with small amounts and no large cash outlay is needed. Investing in blue-chip companies can yield up to 20% CAGR returns which is way more than what precious metals have to offer.

It is important to note that long term returns on equity investments are tax free.

How can you play the markets?

Now that you have a fair understanding of the stock markets, let us look at some of the ways you can be a part of the markets.

#1 Direct Investment

Anybody who has a deemat account can purchase shares of his choosing on the exchange. The orders can be placed electronically using the traders platform or through phone. To place an order over the phone, you need to call your broker, who will verify your credentials and place the order for you.

You can purchase as little as one share or thousands depending upon your need and ability. You need to do a lot of research before selecting a stock for direct investment if you are to be a successful investor.

#2 Mutual Funds

Mutual funds are a great way to play the market for those people who lack the skill and the resources to play the market on their own. Mutual funds are managed by professionals who have a greater understanding of the markets and often deliver greater returns than what ordinary individuals can achieve on their own.

Thanks to the recent out-performance of equities as an asset class, mutual funds have seen record inflows.

#3 Equity Derivatives

Since it’s introduction, the derivatives markets has grown by leaps and bounds and now the derivative market clocks volumes higher than that of cash market. Derivatives help you make money by betting on the future price action of a stock or commodity.

Amongst the three options mentioned above, investment in derivatives is fraught with great risk, but offers the greatest reward. In derivatives it is not uncommon to double or triple your money within a single trade.

Future & Options are examples of derivative trades. We will be exploring these more in the coming articles.

Types of Market Participants

People who buy/sell shares in the market are referred to as market participants. Market participants can be broadly classified as traders and investors.

#1 Traders

Traders are people who buy/sell equities with the sole aim of making a profit in the least amount of time. Their actions are mostly driven by news, charts or price differences across market. Their outlook can span anywhere from a few minutes to a few months.

A. Scalpers

These typically make hundreds of trades a day and aim to make small profits per trade. A typical trade for a scalper would buy a 1000 shares of stock A for 10$ and hope to sell for 11$.

In order to make money through scalping you need to have a broker who charges extremely low brokerage.

B. Day Traders

These type of traders typically make 5-6 trades per day. They close all their trades before the market closes so as to avoid any event risk that may happen overnight. This requires good knowledge of the markets and fast decision making skills. It is not advised for beginners.

C. Swing Traders

A swing trader holds his trades for longer as compared to a scalper and a day trader. A typical swing trade could last from a few days to a few weeks. The greater time frame allows the trade to evolve and make a large profit if the trade works out.

D. Arbitragers

Arbitragers make money by exploiting the price differences of a stock that is traded across multiple exchanges. An arbitrager will simultaneously buy at the lower price and sell at the higher price, making a profit when the price converges.

#2 Investors

Investors are not typically concerned with the daily price movement of their stocks. A typical investment may span years. A longer holding period allows the investment to grow and yield a handsome profit in the end, cancelling out any shocks that may arise as a result of short term volatility.

Depending upon the research one is willing to do, investors can be classified as.

A. Active Investors

These type of investors track their investments closely and monitor the news surrounding their investments to spot any change in trends. They don’t typically buy one day and sell the another, but closely watch the price movement and sell their investment if they notice a significant change in tend.

B. Passive Investors

These types of investors do not aim for the biggest gains, but are satisfied by reasonable gains, in return for a less hectic lifestyle. These investors typically invest in large reputed companies and wait a few years for their investment to turn profitable. Most of these play the market through mutual funds.

Stock Market Terminology

Some of the market jargon can be confusing if you are a newbie. Here is a list of terms commonly used in the markets.

Bull Market

Stock market where prices rise more than they fall.

Bear Market

Stock market where prices fall more than they rise.

Long

Refers to the bias of the trader. Trader looking to buy is said to be long.

Short

Refers to the bias of the trader. Trader looking to sell is said to be short.

Gap Up & Gap Down

When the price of a stock opens significantly higher/lower than the previous days closing price.

Trending

A market that moves in a particular direction with some strength is said to be trending.

52 Week High / Low

The highest price for a stock in a year (52 weeks) is referred to as 52 week high, similarly, lowest price for a stock in a year (52 weeks) is referred to as 52 week low.

52 week highs are bullish for the stock as they signify demand, whereas, 52 week lows are bearish for the stock as they indicate supply pressures.

Final Word

Investing in stock markets is just one of the paths you can take to build a secure future for yourself and your loved ones. It sure is risky and you could loose all your capital, but what data shows is the exact opposite. If you invest in the right stocks and stay invested over longer periods, not only will you get inflation beating returns but also a corpus large enough to achieve all your dreams.

Long term investments will give you compounding benefits which will further bolster your returns and what more long term investments are either tax free (depending on the tax jurisdiction you are subject to) or taxed at a rate lower than for other sources of income.

That’s it from me folks, do let me know what you thought in the comments section below. Let me know if you would like to read about anything in particular.

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http://allmydeals.in/zerodha-brokerage-review-2017/#respondTue, 29 Aug 2017 13:04:05 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=311Are you tired of paying high brokerage? Want better spreads for your trades? Want all advanced charts at your disposal? If the answer to all the above questions is yes, then it may be time for you to experience Zerodha. Zerodha means 0 barriers to trading. You get to pay only Rs 20 flat brokerage, […]

If the answer to all the above questions is yes, then it may be time for you to experience Zerodha. Zerodha means 0 barriers to trading. You get to pay only Rs 20 flat brokerage, irrespective of the number of lots traded. What more, equity investments are not charged any brokerage.

About Zerodha

Zerodha is where stock broking meets technology. Zerodha has over 3.5 lakh+ satisfied customers and accounts for 5% of the daily retail trading volumes across NSE, BSE and MCX. Zerodha is also the recipient of various prestigious awards like Emerging Brokerage Award, Startup of the Year to name a few.

Zerodha is a discount broker which means that you are charged little to no brokerage on your trades. Zerodha offers absolutely free equity and direct mutual fund investments. Also it charges only Rs 20 on all intraday, F&O, currency, and commodity trades across NSE, BSE, MCX.

Products Offered

Kite

Kite is a slick, full fledged HTML5 trading platform with streaming market data, advanced charts, an elegant UI, and more. It is available on Android and IOS as well. There is also the Kite API, if you wish to gain programmatic access to data such as profile and funds information, order history, positions, live quotes etc.

Q Back-office

Q is a complete trade reporting console and dashboard.It has a nice donut chart to give a graphical representation of your holdings and their value. You can add and withdraw funds, refer friends to earn some referral income. There is also a nice 60 day challenge, where all your brokerage up to a maximum limit is refunded in case you stay profitable at the end of 60 days. Great isn’t it?

Coin

The latest addition to the Zerodha family is COIN. The COIN platform lets you buy mutual funds directly from asset management companies without having to pay any commission.

Open Trade

This is another interesting initiative from Zerodha. Open Trade platform gives real-time trade updates from profitable traders. You can pick and follow traders based on their trading style and verified profitability report. Rather than learning from your mistakes, you can learn from those that are winning.

PI

PI is the desktop trading platform for Zerodha. It has got a neat UI, great charting features, scripting essentials and analysis all packaged in a single software. The platform is fast and provides ease of order entry and execution.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Cons

Low Brokerage and Transaction charges

Can’t invest in IPO through Zerodha

Great Technology support

Call and Trade is not free

60 Day Challenge (Win it and get a Brokerage Refund)

Final Verdict

I have tried many different broking houses and find Zerodha to be the best. It’s low brokerage coupled with superior technology makes trading a breeze. The charting software is simply the best and has helped me make profits while trading using the PI platform.

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http://allmydeals.in/make-millions-day-trading/#commentsSun, 27 Aug 2017 06:17:55 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=280Trading is the new sexy, the newspapers are filled with news of markets making one high after another, markets are seeing record inflows and thousands are flocking to the markets to make a fortune for themselves. Day Trading is hip. If you don’t believe the hype, have a look at the image below. I made […]

]]>Trading is the new sexy, the newspapers are filled with news of markets making one high after another, markets are seeing record inflows and thousands are flocking to the markets to make a fortune for themselves. Day Trading is hip.

If you don’t believe the hype, have a look at the image below. I made over 100K in a day trading the markets. Read the article to know more about it.

The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary.

With markets scaling new highs every other day, there is a lot of hype and euphoria surrounding the markets. Day trading is the new buzzword and you find thousands of employees, businessman and students trying their luck at day trading in the hope of making a quick fortune. However most people fail to understand this

The market wasn't designed so that most people could beat itClick To Tweet

This does not mean that you cannot make money in the markets. However if you are considering trading the markets to make some serious money, then I recommend that you read this article carefully in order to better prepare yourself for what lies ahead.

What is day trading?

Day Trading involves taking market positions for a day with the aim of making a profit.

A day trader typically looks to take advantage of the volatility in the markets and reduce any risks that arise as a result of holding positions overnight. A day trader will often trade multiple times during the day looking for small profits and eventually closing all positions by the end of trading day.

Day Trading got a bad name because of people who thought they could get rich overnight without any skill or effort. Yet it is the most lucrative source of income if you are prepared to learn simple rule based strategies and implementing them in your trades.

Do you have what it takes?

Learn to take losses. Do not let your losses get out of hand.Click To Tweet

Day Trading is not some rags to riches scheme where everybody wins. In trading you need to be prepared to get your butt kicked. Here is a list of qualities that you might want as a trader

Flexibility

A trader must be flexible enough to change his trades based on the market conditions at hand. A good trader will always follow the trend rather than anticipate it.

Trade what you see, Not what you think

Nobody can teach you flexibility though, either you have it or you become flexible through experience.

Discipline

Discipline is what differentiates traders from gamblers. A gambler will keep on gambling until he looses all that he has, but a trader knows which opportunities to chase and which ones to let go. Discipline will stop a trader from wasting capital on high risk low reward opportunities.

A trading plan can help introducing an element of control in the trades that a trader may take. There are thousands of opportunities in the market every day. A trading plan that is flexible enough will allow the trader to take the opportunities with the best profit potential whilst allowing him to keep an eye out for any unexpected opportunities that the market might throw up.

The Cost of Day Trading

Time Investment

Day trading is not as easy as it appears, neither is it so hard that you cannot master it. However to become a successful day trader, it may take from 6 months to a year depending upon your skill and dedication. The market is a dynamic beast, what works one month may not work the another. As a trader you will need to constantly adjust and adapt to the changing market conditions.

You need to spend time in the market to practice your strategies and fine tuning them. Practice helps build discipline and skill that will be very useful once you start trading big amounts of money.

Capital Requirements

Depending upon the markets and the instruments that you are trading, the capital requirements will differ. For example, you will need around Rs 75000 to trade one lot of Nifty50 futures or you will need around Rs 99000 to trade one lot of BankNifty futures

Hardware & Software Requirements

You will require a reliable computer or laptop with a stable and high speed internet connection. It is desirable to have a backup internet connection as you do not want to miss out on a lucrative opportunity just because the internet stopped working. A good cell phone will come in handy when everything else fails. You can use the cell phone to call your broker and manage orders offline.

Most brokers provide their own trading platform to get you started with trading. As a beginner this should be enough. However as you continue to grow as a trader, you may want to purchase third party software like Amibroker or Metatrader.

Brokerage & Commissions

Brokerage may not seem much at 0.05%, but it quickly adds up if you are taking multiple trades with heavy positions. I would recommend going for a discount broker like Zerodha who has a flat pricing of Rs 20 per trade for traders. Keeping your brokerage as low as possible is imperative to your trading success.

Day Trading Income Goals

When it comes to day trading the range of income is as wide as wide can get. Some make millions a year while others end up blowing their accounts. When deciding income goals from day trading, one should be realistic and not expect the market to oblige to personal wishes.

Ideally you should not risk more than 1 percent of your entire capital per trade. You should aim to make 15-20 % per month. This means that if you have 100,000 Rs in your account and risk 1% per trade and make 30 such trades in a month with a risk to reward ratio of 1:3 and have a success rate of 35% then you can expect to make Rs 14000 (14%) for that month.

10 Golden Rules for Day Trading

Outlined below are the 10 rules I follow to make money while trading.

#1 Plan To Trade And Trade To Plan

Only fools trade on emotions and gut. Successful traders trade according to a plan. It is always a good practice to set some time aside to plan trading activity for the next day. A plan should clearly detail the Entry price, Exit price and Escape price in case things start going down south.

Having stop losses set up in the system will help protect your trading account in case something goes wrong, similarly having clearly defined exits will help you lock in those profits that you have made. In trading entry is everything, a good entry point will give you a good risk reward ratio which is what will determine your long term success.

#2 Understand Supply And Demand

Markets are a function of supply and demand. If there is a huge demand for a particular stock or commodity, its price is bound to go up, no matter what. Similarly, if a stock or commodity is witnessing huge supply pressure, the prices can go only in one direction that is down.

Determining demand and supply dynamics is the first step in your trading decision.

#3 Practice Trading In A Demo Account

As a newbie trader you might find it useful to trade using a demo account, so as to not blow up your real money while practicing trading. A demo account is a good trading exercise before you go out there in the real world.

The more seriously you are going to trade in your demo account, the better are your chances of success in a real one.

#4 Keep A Journal

It is always a good habit to maintain a record of trades. This way you can keep a track of your winners and loosers. You can also keep specific notes that you can refer later. You can then analyse your trades and find out what works best for you and what to weed out from your trading.

Surprisingly analyzing your losses will help you grow more as a trader than analyzing your winners.

#5 Risk Only What You Can Afford To Loose

Many a times people in their greed or foolish enthusiasm put a lot more money in their trading account than they ought to have. Ideally you should trade only with as much amount of money which you do not need in the foreseeable future and can afford to loose.

If you don’t risk you can’t win, if you loose too much then you can’t risk.

There are no guarantees in the market and if you loose your emergency money in the markets, you will only have yourself to blame.

#6 Have Good Risk Reward Ratio

Even the most successful traders do not have a 100% win ratio. However what makes them successful is that the winners make up for more than their losses. A good risk reward ratio means that there is less pressure on you to win all the time as illustrated in the graphic below

As you can see from the graphic above, the better your risk reward ratio is, the less number of times you need to be right in order to make money. As you get better and better with your trading, you should aim for a risk reward ratio of 1:5.

#7 Cut Your Losses Early And Let Your Profits Run

I have seen so many people who do exactly the opposite of what this point says. They get excited by their winning trades and close them out early either in fear or greed, but when it comes to loosing trades, they hold on to them in the hope of a turnaround.

If you are to make money in the markets, you have to learn to take losses. Having a plan as discussed in point 1 will help you deal with losses. Remember to stick to your plan and do not give in to your emotions in order to stay on the right side of the trade.

#8 Do Not Trade In The First 15 Minutes

Amateurs open the market and the professionals close it

The first 15 minutes of the market should be for observation and not trading. This is the time to look for any possible reversals or simply judge the trend of the market for the day. The first 15 minutes are often panic or eager trades and should be avoided.

#9 Do Not Trade On Tips

Never act on hot tips floating around in the market. These often lead to a bad trade or a series of bad trades. When you act on a tip, you are not sure what to do in case something goes wrong, also by the time something goes wrong, the tipster is nowhere to be found.

Always better to trust your abilities than any tipster around.

#10 Avoid Leverage At All Costs

Most of the brokerage houses offer leverage to traders these days. Some even offer 40 times leverage, that means if you have 100 Rs in your trading account, you can buy or sell stocks worth 4000 Rs. Such leverage can increase your profits exponentially but it also can aggravate your losses. Rather than bad trades it is leverage that kills most traders.

If you can’t be profitable with 100 Rs then trading with 4000 Rs is going to make the situation even more worse

Note: Novice traders should learn to trade without leverage

Conclusion

Do not expect any quick results with trading and be prepared to tough it out for at least 6 months before start to make any real money. Trading requires capital, if you trade with too less, you will be forced to exit positions in case of unexpected volatility. Invest sufficient time and resources in the market to reap greater rewards at a later stage.

Have yourself a nice computer, fast internet connection and a good charting software. Get yourself a discount broker like Zerodha so that you don’t spend too much on brokerage. Focus on simple methods that work for you and don’t rely on tips.

Most important, do not play with leverage unless you fully understand the risks associates

That’s it from me folks, now it is your turn to Like, Share, Subscribe and Comment

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http://allmydeals.in/web-hosting-secrets-revealed/#commentsSat, 19 Aug 2017 14:16:28 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=239Some of the questions that most webmasters face are: How to decide on a web host? Which is the best web hosting solution for my site? What kind of hosting service should I go with (Shared or Dedicated) ? What will be my storage requirement? How much bandwidth do I need? This article will attempt […]

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Some of the questions that most webmasters face are:

How to decide on a web host?

Which is the best web hosting solution for my site?

What kind of hosting service should I go with (Shared or Dedicated) ?

What will be my storage requirement?

How much bandwidth do I need?

This article will attempt to solve all of the questions mentioned above and much more

Web Hosting Basics

We will begin this article by understanding “What is web hosting?”

Web hosting is an activity or service that allows individual or organisations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web.

Web hosts are powerful computers with huge storage space, high computing power and connected to a fast network. When somebody types your web address in the browser, the browser send request to the hosting company that has your site hosted. The hosting company then processes the request and send your site information to the user that requested it.

Great !!! Now that you have a fair bit of idea about what web hosting is, lets get to business and find out “How to choose the best web hosting solution in 5 minutes?”

Finalize Your Hosting Requirements

Every site will have different hosting needs. A static html site will have different needs as compared to a shopping site with thousands of products that accepts credit card payments. To help yourself understand your requirements, find answer to the questions mentioned below

What is the type of site you want?

What platform will you use to build your site (WordPress / Joomla / PHP / Asp.Net)?

Do you have any specific software requirements?

What is the number of visitors expected in the first year

Ideally if you are not a big organisation, it is advisable to start small and then scale up as and when needed. A shared hosting solution should suffice most new webmasters

Web Hosting Selection Criteria

Now that we know what we need, let us look at the things that are desired in a good host.

#1 Uptime Guarantee

You do not want to miss out on an opportunity or a potential sale just because the host is down and your site is not accessible. You want a host that is available 24×7. Your host has to be powerful with reliable high speed internet connections.

99.9% and above uptime is acceptable while anything below 99% is not acceptable

#2 Upgrade options

Shared hosting should take care of most your requirements in case you are a new blogger or a new business that wants to get online. However if you expect the traffic to rise phenomenally in the near future, look for a hosting provider that has room to upgrade. This includes options like dedicated hosting, managed hosting etc. The upgrade options assure you more processing power, more memory and higher security when needed.

#3 Number of Domains

Domain names are dirt cheap now a days. You can easily own more than one. If you want help regarding choosing a domain name, read How to Choose a Domain Name . I own multiple domains myself.

Nowadays it is not uncommon for a webmaster to have multiple sites. If you are one of those webmasters, it would be beneficial for you to look for a host that allows addition of multiple domains.

Addon Domain is a separate website with a different domain that you can host on your hosting provider at no extra cost

#4 Signup and Renewal Fees

In the hosting industry it is norm to offer a slightly cheaper signup fee as compared to renewal fees. If you are willing to change hosts every year, you can avoid higher renewal fees. However this is impractical and certainly not advocated.

If you are getting a renewal fee within 3 dollars of the signup fee, it is a good deal.

#5 Trial Period and Refund Guarantee

Almost all hosting providers have a trial period where in you can try out their services and get a refund if you cancel within the trial period. The thing to consider before availing the trial offer is the refund policy of the hosting provider.

Is it a “No Questions asked” return policy?

Are there any cancellation charges involved?

I suggest you choose a hosting provider who has a no questions asked return policy and little to no cancellation charges.

#6 CPanel

Not everybody who has a site is a computer geek or tech savy. It is therefore very important that CPanel provided is easy to use. If the CPanel is not easy to use then you will be at the mercy of the support staff, which is not a scenario you want to be in. A nicely designed intuitive control panel will make your administration tasks much easier and allow you more time for your website.

#7 Storage and Bandwidth Limits

This should be a non-issue in current times as almost everybody offers unlimited storage and bandwidth. If some host is offering limited storage and bandwidth I suggest that you look for another one.

If you talk about storage there are so many alternative options available to users like Google Drive, Flickr, Youtube that you need not worry about storage and bandwidth.

Unlimited Storage and Bandwidth means that you will have more of this than you will need.

#8 E-commerce Integration

If you plan to have a site that conducts online business of some sort, collect credit card information or have a shopping cart then e-commerce integration features will come in handy.

You will need features like SSL support, dedicated IP’s, one click shopping cart software installation.

#9 Featured Applications

Your hosting provider has to have certain basic features like 1 click WordPress installation, FTP for easy file access, SSI for easy site maintenance, access to .htaccess for security purposes.

If you do not get these facilities it is time to look for another host.

#10 Account Terms and Conditions

To ensure that your account does not get suspended without notice by your host, it is important that you read the terms and conditions carefully. This will give you a fair idea about the transparency and accountability of your host

#11 Email Hosting

Almost every host out there offers something like email@yourdomain.com. However it is a good practice to get this confirmed

Even if the facility is not available, no big deal. There are options available on the web that allow you to have your personalized email. Zohomail, Migadu, Yandex and Gmail offer free email mapped to your domain.

#12 Subscription Duration

Hosting providers generally offer lower rates to customers who are willing to sign up for longer duration. I would strictly advise against this. Ideally you should not sign up for more than 3 years in advance. problem with signing for long duration is that many things could go wrong in the period and you do not want to get stuck.

If you must signup for long duration, look for money back guarantees.

#13 Backup Option

There are a zillion things that could go wrong with your site (Hacker attack, Server disk failure, Database deletion). In such cases your backup will be your life saver. The web host should provide you with facilities to backup and restore your application.

Ideally you should be able to create, schedule and restore backups yourself through an easy and intuitive UI. You should not be dependent on the hosting providers tech support team for a solution.

#14 Support

When selecting a hosting provider make sure he has all 3 forms of support (Live Chat,Telephone and Email). Remote support would be nice. You want to have a host that responds quickly when you call for help.

#15 User Reviews

It is always a good idea to search the internet and find out what users are saying about the hosting provider. There will always be one or two naysayers, but if the majority is not happy with the service then may be you are better off looking for another service provider.

Summary

I hope this article has helped you in choosing the best web hosting option for your blog/site. It is always better to go with the “Best web hosting” solution rather than going for “Cheapest web hosting”. Web hosting is the back bone of your site and you want that to be as robust and reliable as possible.

Now that you know how to host your site, you might find these articles interesting

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http://allmydeals.in/easyazon4-triple-amazon-affiliate-commissions/#commentsTue, 15 Aug 2017 13:31:29 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=213EasyAzon4 WordPress Plugin – Triple your Amazon Affiliate Earnings EasyAzon4 is the WordPress plugin you will need if you are an Amazon affiliate or plan to become one. Amazon is an international e-commerce company that provides online retail, computing services, consumer electronics, digital content as well as other local services such as daily deals and […]

EasyAzon4 WordPress Plugin – Triple your Amazon Affiliate Earnings

EasyAzon4 is the WordPress plugin you will need if you are an Amazon affiliate or plan to become one.

Amazon is an international e-commerce company that provides online retail, computing services, consumer electronics, digital content as well as other local services such as daily deals and groceries all over the world. Amazon is the leading e-retailer in USA with close to 136 billion U.S. dollars in net sales. Amazon is one of the most valuable brands worldwide.

EasyAzon is the only tool I recommend to deliver great results for any Amazon Affiliate niche site.

In this post we will be looking at the following points

What is EasyAzon?

Why you must have EasyAzon?

How to use EasyAzon?

What are the benefits of EasyAzon?

Where to buy?

#1 What is EasyAzon?

EasyAzon is a premium plugin created by Chris Guthrie. Chris went from getting fired in 2009 to earning well over $150,000 in 2010 from the Amazon affiliate program and other income streams, and today makes his entire living online.

The EasyAzon plugin by Chris is a reflection of his real world knowledge of what works and what does not. The EasyAzon plugin allows you to insert links to Amazon products without moving away from your WordPress dashboard.

Anybody who has been an Amazon Affiliate will understand how tedious and cumbersome is the process of adding Amazon affiliate links inside your blog post. The latest version of the EasyAzon plugin is EasyAzon4 which has several enhancements that can possibly increase your affiliate earnings by 300%.

#2 Why you must have EasyAzon?

If you are the kind of person that hates working with website code then EasyAzon is the plugin for you. With EasyAzon you can fully control all your Amazon affiliate links from the WP dashboard itself. The EasyAzon plugin makes the following things possible.

Open all affiliate links in a new window.

Make affiliate links as “Nofollow”

Amazon link cloaking for better SEO

Popups for your affiliate links

Add items to shopping cart

Automatic link localization so that you do not miss out on international traffic

#3 How to use EasyAzon?

Once EasyAzon is installed go to EasyAzon settings to configure your affiliate links. The settings mainly have 3 sections

Credentials

Here you will enter your AWS credentials. If you do not have one, you can get one by creating an AWS account. You will be needing an Access Key ID and Secret Access Key, which you can find in the AWS account management page

Enter the above details into the EasyAzon plugin

Amazon Associates

Enter your Amazon Associate Tracking ID in this section. You can have a common tracking ID for all Amazon sites or you can create a different one for each site. The choice is yours

The tracking id can be found in Amazon Associates central page on the top right hand corner of the screen. Enter the same in the EasyAzon plugin.

Search and Link Defaults

This section contains all the defaults that you want to set. E.g. Make all affiliate links as nofollow or open links in a new tab.

Link Localization

This is one of the most important features of this plugin as it enables you to monetize the traffic coming from outside your country. What this means that if you are from the US and a visitor from UK visits your site and clicks on one of your affiliate links, he will be taken to Amazon.co.uk instead of Amazon.com. Thus you can vastly improve the site’s earning potential.

Once the setup is complete, inserting affiliate links is child’s play. All you need to do is click a button.

#4 EasyAzon4 in action

Have a look at the links created by EasyAzon plugin. Click them to find out how they behave differently.

#4 What are the benefits of EasyAzon?

EasyAzon4 is a must have if you are looking to monetize your site using Amazon Affiliate program. EasyAzon will make a great deal of difference to your marketing income. I have been using the EasyAzon4 plugin and I can say it has greatly improved the revenue of my site.

What more, you get a 30 day trial and an affiliate guide worth 47$ free. Hurry up, grab one for yourself now.

#5 Where to buy?

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http://allmydeals.in/wikipedia-dead-link-replacement/#commentsSun, 13 Aug 2017 11:13:03 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=188Dead link replacement is the most effective white hat SEO strategy. This involves finding broken links and providing webmasters with your new and improved content for their broken links. Backlinks and SEO Backlinks are links on other websites that direct their users to your site. They are also referred to as “Inbound Links”. When other […]

]]>Dead link replacement is the most effective white hat SEO strategy. This involves finding broken links and providing webmasters with your new and improved content for their broken links.

Backlinks and SEO

Backlinks are links on other websites that direct their users to your site. They are also referred to as “Inbound Links”. When other websites link back to you for a certain topic/keyword, then you become more of an authority on the topic. It also is testament of your abilities, a recommendation in some sense. Search engines love to have pages which are highly recommended by others. So it is safe to assume that

Backlinks are the most important building blocks of your SEO strategy

Having made the above statement, you must remember “Not all links are created equal”. Backlinks from influencers, authoritative sites from your domain are far more valuable than backlinks from sites whose page rank is lower than yours. This is where Wikipedia comes in.

What is Wikipedia?

Wikipedia is the world’s largest online encyclopedia. It sees billions of page views and has millions of users. An average of 800 new articles is added every day to Wikipedia.

What is Link Rot?

According to Wikipedia, Link rot (or link rot) is the process by which hyperlinks on individual websites or the Internet in general point to web pages, servers or other resources that have become permanently unavailable.

Dead Link Replacement in Wikipedia

We will now learn how to replace dead links in Wikipedia so as to get valuable backlinks in the process. Remember these are “Nofollow” in nature but are regarded very highly by search engines and can help boost your search rankings by a few notches.

Step #1 Find Wiki Pages that have dead links

There are various ways to find wiki pages with dead links. Below mentioned are 3 ways to do this

Wikipedia Dead Links Page

Search Google

In case you want to find wiki pages with dead links in your niche, Google can do the job for you. Just type the following in Google Search

site:Wikipedia.org “Keyword of your choice” intext:”Dead link”

Online tools like Wikigrabber

Some online tools like Wikigrabber can make your task of finding Wiki pages with dead links even more easier. You just need to enter keywords of your choice and it will list out all the pages for you.

Step #2 Spot the Dead Link

Navigate to the Wiki page you have found in page 1. Press CTRL + F in your browser and search for “dead link”.

Step #3 Get More Bang

The whole purpose of doing this is to get valuable backlinks from Wikipedia through dead link replacement. If you want more bang for your buck, look for dead links that have multiple domains pointing to it. You can use any online tool of your choice to check referring domains to links on a page. Site Explorer is one such example.

Step #4 Find the Original Content

Once you have found the dead link, you need to find the original content of the page, so that you can provide a better alternative. You can use WayBack Machine for this.

Step #5 Get BackLink from Wikipedia

Join Wikipedia as an Editor

Login using your account and navigate to the page you want to edit. Click on edit

Make the necessary edits and save your changes. The changes will most likely have to be approved by a moderator. Once approved you have got yourself a valuable backlink.

Summary:

All links in Wikipedia are nofollow links, but they will improve your SERP rankings. If Wikipedia is listening to you then Google will listen to you, because Wikipedia is an authoritative site. If you do this, then it should do a TON for your site’s SEO.

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http://allmydeals.in/seo-ultimate-guide/#commentsTue, 08 Aug 2017 12:46:18 +0000http://allmydeals.in/?p=155What is SEO? Anything that attempts to improve your search engine rankings is SEO. SEO involves many aspects such as the way your content is structured, number of words present,URL for your content and how many resources link to your content etc. The classic definition of SEO as quoted by Wikipedia is as follows Search […]

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What is SEO?

Anything that attempts to improve your search engine rankings is SEO. SEO involves many aspects such as the way your content is structured, number of words present,URL for your content and how many resources link to your content etc.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a web search engine’s unpaid results—often referred to as “natural”, “organic”, or “earned” results.

Why is SEO important?

Imagine this, you have just started blogging and written a gem of an article only to realize the article has got very few visitors. You feel even worse when you see an ordinary article has got thousands of visitors daily. All the difference is because of SEO.

Great content will make visitors keep coming back to your site but SEO will be the one to bring them in the first place

What are the types of SEO?

White Hat SEO

Black Hat SEO

SEO techniques that focus on a human audience, in accordance with search engine guidelines is referred to as White Hat SEO

SEO techniques that focus solely on exploiting search engine loopholes to drive traffic to site are referred to as Black Hat SEO

Techniques like keyword research, link building are examples of White Hat SEO

How to do SEO for your Blog?

We will learn about two types of SEO techniques that you can implement for your blog.

On Page SEO

In On Page SEO we focus on getting the page easily found and understood by search engines. This involves structuring and formatting your content in a certain manner. The added advantage of On Page SEO is that it also improves the readability of your blog.

Key components of On Page SEO include

Page Speed & Presentation

Just like people don’t like cold food, slow websites are a NO NO. If your website takes long to load, be rest assured, most of your traffic will move on to another site. Ensure that your site loads in less than 2 seconds. Anything above 5 secs is not acceptable and you should work on it

Great content alone will not help you out. It needs to be accompanied by equally detailed presentation. Web is a visual medium, users will quickly move on if the aesthetics on your site are not appealing. While writing content for the web ensure that is pleasing to the eye and well structured.

Mobile friendliness is another criteria that has been added by Google in its search ranking algorithm. This means that you have to ensure that your site is mobile friendly and scales well across different resolution. Check the mobile friendliness of your site.

Page Content

Content is king

Your article has to be relevant to the subject user is looking for. It should be able to answer all his queries to his complete satisfaction. Ensure that keywords are included in the first paragraph itself to make the topic clear.

If your content is great the odds of the visitor sharing it further greatly increase which in turn gets you more traffic.

Page Title

The title tag is the single most important component of On Page SEO. Your title tag is what appears in the search results and it has to be persuasive enough for the user to click through. The title tag should contain the keywords that you are looking to target. Use adjectives or call to action in your title. Also make sure your keyword is as close as possible to the beginning of the title

Title tags are valuable real estate so use them sparingly. Google cuts off title tags over 70 characters long. Ensure your title tag has your primary keyword followed by secondary keywords.

Image Optimization

Gone are the days when the web was text only. Now is the time to wow your users with stunning images. Studies show that users spend more time on web pages that have relevant images.

Follow these guidelines to get the most out of your images

Keep the image size to a minimum. Plugin like WPSmush can be of great help with this.

Specify the ALT attribute of an image. A good practice would be to have keywords in the “Alt” tag.

Use proper and relevant names for your images and not just names like Image1.jpg.

Permalink

Consider the two URL’s shown below

Which do you think will drive more traffic?

As you must have rightly guessed, the second URL is easy to comprehend for both search engines as well as humans. URL needs to be static and contain keywords.

The way to do this in WordPress is to go to Settings/Permalink Settings inside your site’s admin panel. There are a host of settings to choose from. I like to choose the one marked in the image below.

Headings

Search crawlers use heading tags inside your content to identify the important pieces. It is advisable to have targeted keywords in your headline tags. The H1 tag is generally reserved for the page title. Subsequent headings should H2, H3 and so on.

Headings are used to structure your content so that it is easy to comprehend for both humans and search engines alike.

Keyword Density

You must sprinkle your content with keywords but don’t go overboard with it. Mentioning keywords in your content just for the sake of it is referred to as keyword stuffing and can get your site penalized.

Keywords should be woven organically into the content and if you think your keyword density is tilting towards the higher side, use synonyms. Keep your keyword density to less than 5%

Meta Tags

Meta tags describe your page’s content to the search engines. They are not visible on the page itself however they do exist in code and are used by search crawlers to find out what the content is related to. Meta tags should be all keywords related to your content.

This is how I use the Yoast plugin to insert my meta tags.

Internal Links

Pointing users to your own content is often overlooked by bloggers, however it is an important part of On Page SEO. Internal linking allows users easy navigation and enables crawlers to access all pages of your site. Internal linking establishes relevance and thus improves page rank.

Some things to keep in mind while using interlinks are

Include internal links in main content

Paragraph links should be given more importance

Anchor text of internal links should contain keywords

Link to relevant pages and refrain from multiple links to the same page

Off Page SEO

This type of SEO is aimed at improving the overall domain ranking. Off page SEO is much more than links. As is popularly quoted

Google loves you only when everybody else loves you

Off page SEO is the optimization that happens away from the website. Here are a few pointers towards doing off page SEO

Backlinks

A number of sites linking back to your site is a measure of the sites popularity. Search engines treat this as an important factor for determining the search ranking of your website. Backlinks have to be relevant in nature. A small number of backlinks from sites in your niche are far better than several backlinks from irrelevant low quality sites.

Link spamming can penalize you, so it is best to get genuine backlinks from authoritative sites.

Social Currency

Social media is a powerful tool and an important factor that determines your search ranking. The more likes, shares and pins you high, the better chances of you ranking higher. In today’s world it is imperative that you use various social channels available at your disposal to promote your content.

Almost all of the social channels support rich multimedia which allows you to share rich content with your followers. Ensure that you participate in groups of all these social platforms like Facebook,Twitter, Pinterest etc. Social bookmarking sites like Quora and Reddit can also be a significant source of traffic for your site.

Guest Blogging

Another good way to get some quality back links is to guest post on authoritative sites. Guest posting is a great way to connect with like minded people and reach out to a wide audience. If your site is new then guest posting is 5 times more valuable than posting on your own site.

Guest posting on other sites as compared to having guests post on your site is a matter of personal choice. I for one prefer the former.

SEO is all about creating great content that appeals to the users and providing answers to the questions they have. It is not a one time job and you need to keep constantly working on it.